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jraju:
Hi,
              I have updated the drivers and one among them being universal serial bus controllers. The device description is in foreign or unknown language , but the provider is said to be NEC. Please say, whether i have to roll back the drivers. Before , i was having the lesser version and now, the higher version.

Boggin:
Where did you download it from ?

Under the General tab click on Details then use the dropdown to select Hardware Ids.

You'll see a driver highlighted which should look something like PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1C26&SUBSYS_FC301179&REV_04

Make a note of the VEN which for mine is 8086 and then the DEV which is 1C26

Put the VEN number into the top box and the DEV number into the lower one of http://pcidatabase.com/ then hit enter.

As you can see, that IDs mine as Intel http://pcidatabase.com/search.php?device_search_str=1C26&device_search=Search

See what it gives for yours.

In Device Manager right click on the Controller and select Update Driver Software - Browse my computer - Let me pick...

You may see more than one to select.

Make a note of those and then go back to the Controller and rollback the driver then see what date is on the earlier driver to compare.

Go back to Let me pick... to see if the position of the drivers has been changed.

jraju:
Hi,
                I have done as per your idea. I enclose the files for ready reference. Now it has been in rolled back stage. What is that driver by NEC, which is also digitally signed.
                     Please say whether this is enough, or could go back to have that name freak driver. Its version , as per my diagram in earlier post is higher. pl advise

Boggin:
I don't know really know what NEC drivers are and Google has proven fruitless, but as your system is using Intel then while that NEC driver may be compatible, it will be an updated NEC driver and not Intel - at least that is my understanding.

You could use the Intel auto detect to see if there are any updates for any of your drivers, however, the general ruling is that you don't need to keep updating drivers if the one you have is working fine and sometimes newer drivers can be the cause of problems - hence Windows option of a Roll back.

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/detect.html

As the article says, sometimes drivers are OEM modified, so in the first instance you should always go to your computer support website to check for updates.

jraju:
Hi, please see the enclosure.
             If i click the message at the top, then it goes to list some other manufacturers, who other than intel, would have given intel support to the computer.
                   I am having intel board and the message seems to be incorrect.
                    How it could not find my intel products? Boggin. The intel service is very poor and cannot be taken for sure. It does not list any driver , atleast the present drivers present physically in the system.
                        Ok, by the by, i understand the company NEC would have made compatible higher version for usb host controllers . But how to check, what changes are carried out in the improved version. Is there any way? Why the driver name is not in english language. When i went to the hardware id and all that, it shows as intel signed by microsoft...

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